Abraham

2012 · 67200 — Los Angeles CA: American Film Institute 2012. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. 87 1 pages. Includes illustrations. Covers fold out. Some illustrations in color. Includes a filmography and information on television and theater work and her books. The American Film Institute AFI was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson enacted the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act. The American Film Institute was founded to preserve the legacy of American film heritage educate the next generation of filmmakers and honor the artists and their work. George Stevens Jr. served as director from the institute's founding until 1980. In 1969 the institute established the Center for Advanced Film Studies. The first class included filmmakers Terrence Malick David Lynch Caleb Deschanel and Paul Schrader. The AFI Life Achievement Award was established by the board of directors of the American Film Institute on February 26 1973 to honor a single individual for his or her lifetime contribution to enriching American culture through motion pictures and television. The recipient is honored at a ceremony annually with the award presented by a master of ceremonies and recently the prior year's recipient who usually gives a brief synopsis of the awarded individual and career background including highlights and achievements. The trustees initially specified that the recipient must be one who fundamentally advanced the art of film and whose achievements had been acknowledged by the general public as well as by film scholars and critics and the individual's peers. The trustees also specified that the work of the recipient must have withstood the test of time. Shirley MacLean Beaty born April 24 1934 known professionally as Shirley MacLaine is an American film and theater actress singer dancer activist and author. She has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy twice for her roles in The Apartment and Irma la Douce and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Drama twice for Terms of Endearment and Madame Sousatzka. She was honored with the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1998. She was nominated for an Academy Award five times before winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1983 for her role as Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment. She won the 1976 Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Comedy-Variety or Music for Gypsy in My Soul. She has written a large number of autobiographical works many dealing with her beliefs as well as her career. In 2012 she was honored with the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. MacLaine made her film debut in Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry for which she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year Actress. American Film Institute paperback